RPC IV.3, 6973 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6973 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Hierapolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ(Τ) ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ (ΕΥϹ(Ε(Β)))
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τίτ(ος) Αἴλ(ιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΙΕΡΟΠΟ Β
Edition Θεᾶς Συρίας Ἱεροπο(λειτῶν) βʹ
Translation of the goddess Syria, of the Hierapolitans, 2
Reverse design in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.37 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 13 and 15
Specimens 20 (18 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1895,0703.21 BMC 13
2 2     L: 1842,0729.51 BMC 15, obverse legend obscure
3 3     ✸ L: 1920,0802.1
4 4     P: 1669
5 5     P: 1670
6 6     P: no number (Seymour de Ricci)
7 7     P: coll. Count Melchior de Vogüe 211
8 8     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1418
9 9     B: ex coll. Dannenberg
10 10     B: (Löbb)
11 11     B: (Löbb)
12 12     C: Leake 1865, Asiatic Greece, p. 67.8
13 13     NY: 1944.100.65372
14 14     NY: 1944.100.65373
15 15     Bern: Righetti 1876
16 16     O
17 17     G: III, 137, no. 13 SNG II, no. 2671
18 18     G: III, 137, no. 12 SNG II, no. 2670
19 19     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 12 (16/04/2004), 629, pl. 14
20 20     V: GR 20994